Making a Statement Run Once Every Few Hours

[Spikeedoodles]

Hey all,

So I'm making a quick and dirty monitoring software that will e-mail me every 2 hours (all it's doing is grabbing some network traffic information).  My question is, since I want to send this email once every 2 or so hours (with an attached log) how could I make it so it doesn't spam my email when the time comes.  Here is a little tidbit of what I currently have

If @Min = 15 Then
Call ("emailMe")
EndFunc

Every tie the clock hits minute 15 i get utterly spammed with emails because the statement is true.  How could I make it where the statement is almost getting "Turned Off" until the statement is no longer true, so in this case, it will only send me an email once per hour?

[MikahS]

so you want the call statement to go every 2 hours? or every hour on the 15 tick?

[Spikeedoodles]

so you want the call statement to go every 2 hours? or every hour on the 15 tick?

It doesn't really matter too much, all I need to know is how to only make it run once instead of every time the statement is true.  Right now, the program is:

Checking if the statement is true (lets say it is)

sends me an email

Checking if the statement is true (lets say it is)

sends me an email

Checking if the statement is true (lets say it is)

sends me an email

Checking if the statement is true (lets say it is)

sends me an email

 

this is happening in the matter of seconds, so I'm getting email spammed by my program.  I only want it to check if the statement is true once then almost turning off the statement until it isnt true anymore, so in that case it will:

 

Checking if the statement is true (lets say it is)

sends me an email

TURNS OFF STATEMENT

Checking if the statement is true (lets say it is)

Doesnt send email because the statement says to not send anymore emails

Checking if the statement is true (lets say it is)

Doesnt send email because the statement says to not send anymore emails

Checking if the statement is true (lets say it is)

Doesnt send email because the statement says to not send anymore emails

Checking if the statement is true (lets say it is)

Doesnt send email because the statement says to not send anymore emails

The minute changes

The statement is turned back on

repeat this

 

I know "turning off" isnt the right term, but that is sort of what I'm looking for.

[water]

; Wait until it is 15 minutes past the hour
While 1
    If @Min = 15 Then ExitLoop
    Sleep(60 * 1000) ; wait a minute
WEnd
; Create mail every hour
While 1
    ; create mail here
    Sleep(60 * 60 * 1000) ; Wait an hour
WEnd

[Spikeedoodles]

; Wait until it is 15 minutes past the hour
While 1
    If @Min = 15 Then ExitLoop
    Sleep(60 * 1000) ; wait a minute
WEnd
; Create mail every hour
While 1
    ; create mail here
    Sleep(60 * 60 * 1000) ; Wait an hour
WEnd

Thanks for your help, I should have been more specific.

Sleep wouldn't quite work because the script itself still needs to be running (I still want to log traffic, if it's sleeping I can;t do that).

Errmmm..  Perhaps just making a separate script would be easier.

[MikahS]

why not just

$time = 3600000 ;<--- 1 hour
 
AdlibRegister("fTime", $time)
 
While 1
WEnd

Func fTime()
    Call("emailMe")
EndFunc

Edit: this will run the function every hour and not make the script stop for any reason.

Edited August 12, 2014 by MikahS

[Spikeedoodles]

why not just

$time = 3600000 ;<--- 1 hour
 
AdlibRegister("fTime", $time)
 
While 1
WEnd

Func fTime()
    Call("emailMe")
EndFunc

Edit: this will run the function every hour.

Ohhhhhh, never heard of AdblibRegister.  I will look into that.  Thanks!

[MikahS]

All

AdlibRegister

does is call a function every x milliseconds; essentially with an empty while loop this script will run indefinitely while calling

fTime()

every 1 hour.

Edited August 12, 2014 by MikahS

[JLogan3o13]

Or simply create your script and use Windows' built in scheduler rather than reinventing the wheel.

[guinness]

 

All

AdlibRegister

does it call a function every x milliseconds; essentially with an empty while loop this script will run indefinitely while calling

fTime()

every 1 hour.

 

That would have been my choice.

[water]

Mine too

[Spikeedoodles]

The adlibregister seems to work great for my purposes!  Thanks everyone!

[MikahS]

@Spikeedoodles glad to help